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Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Dubrovnik or Savannah?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Dubrovnik for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Dubrovnik’s own page.

Choose Savannah for

  • shopping
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Savannah’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Dubrovnik 74, Savannah 55: Dubrovnik leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Dubrovnik 47, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Dubrovnik 72, Savannah 68: Dubrovnik leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Dubrovnik 37, Savannah 52: Savannah leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubrovnik 70, Savannah 48: Dubrovnik leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Dubrovnik 66, Savannah 60: Dubrovnik leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Dubrovnik and Savannah are level on 50.
Getting around. Dubrovnik 60, Savannah 58: Dubrovnik leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Dubrovnik 25, Savannah 42: Savannah leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Dubrovnik 28, Savannah 35: Savannah leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubrovnik 25, Savannah 40: Savannah leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubrovnik 32, Savannah 40: Savannah leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubrovnik and Savannah.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Dubrovnik
49match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches with your weighting.

Savannah
51match

Wins on shopping and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Dubrovnik in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
29 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Savannah in July

34 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
144 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Dubrovnik has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Dubrovnik's sunshine is measured 83 km from the centre, at Mostar.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dubrovnik: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dubrovnik / Cilipi (15.3 km from centre). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDubrovnikSavannah
Official languageCroatian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation10 m15 m
Main airportDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureDubrovnikSavannah
City population41,562147,780
People per km²-524
Museums within 10 km719
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months6 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.